Wick trimmer



1,570,194 s. T. ATKIN WIGK TRIMMER Filed May 5. 1925 Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

SAMUEL r. ATKIN, or GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.

wic TRIMMER.

Application m na -5, .1925. Serial no. s,124.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. ATKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Georgetown, in the county of Williamson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wick Trimmers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to wick cleaners and trimmers, and has for its object to provide a device of this type comprising a member adapted to rest on the burner shoulder surrounding the wick, and provided with radially disposed horizontal cutter members, which when the device is rotated will clean the upper side of the wick, and with a scraper inclined downwardly and outwardly from the cylindrical body of the device, for scraping and cleaning the upper outer edge of the wick.

A further object is to form the cylindrical body from a single piece of sheet metal having its ends overlapped, and one of said ends, having formed integral therewith, the wick edge scraping member. The cylindrical member forms a handle adapted to be grasped by the operator during the rotation of the device. a

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts'as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit I of the inventions In the drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view of the wick cleaning device.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the device and a portion of a wick and burner.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a dished member adapted torest on the flange 2 of the burner, and around the wick 3. The dished member is provided with an upwardly extending annular flange 4, which engages the outer periphery of the wick 3 and disposed within the annular member 4 is a cylindrical member 5. The lower end of the cylindrical member 5 is provided with radially extending integral scraper arms 6 which are horizontally disposed and soldered at 7 to theannular flange 4, and which scraper members 6, during the rotationof thedevice scrapes and cleans the up;

per end of the wick '3. During the operation of the device, the operator grasps the cylindrical member 5 for imparting rotation to the device as a whole.

The cylindrical member 5 is formed from a single piece of sheet metal bent to cylindrical form and has its ends 8 overlapped and secured together. One of the ends 8 adjacent its lower side is provided with an integral outwardly extending scraper knife 9, which knife arches the upper side of the wick 3 at one side thereof, and is provided with a downwardly and outwardly inclined scraping edge 10, which scrapes and bevels the upper outer edge of the wick thereby dislodging any carbon or crust therefrom, and preventing a ragged uneven burning edge. The dished member 1 is provided with a recess 10 in the bottom thereof, into which scraper member extends in spaced relation from the walls of the recess, therefore it will be seen that the scraper member 9 during the rotation of the device may flex slightly during its scraping operation, and the scraped or dislodged material from the wick will not gather against the scraper but will drop downwardly through the recess 10.

From the above it will be seen that a lamp wick cleaning and trimming device is provided, which is simple in construction, positive in its operation, and one which may be used in connection with conventional forms of oil wick burners without in any way modifying the construction of the burner.

The invention having been set forth whatis claimed as new and useful is 1. A wick cleaner comprising a dished member adapted to rest on a burner around a wick, a cylindrical member extending into the dished member, integral horizontally and radially disposed scraper members carried by the cylindrical member and having their outer ends anchored to the dished member, said cylindrical member being provided with a vertically and radially disposed bevelled scraping member adapted to scrape the outer edge of the wick.

2. A wick scraper and cleaner comprising a dished member, a cylindrical member within the dished member, outwardly extendin scraper members carried by the cylindrica member and connected to the dished member, said cylindrical member being formed from a single sheet of material bent upon itself and having its ends overlapped and secured together, one of the ends of the cylindrical member being provided With a vertical and radially disposed Wick edge scraping member formed integral therewith.

3. A Wick cleaning and scraping device comprising a dished member, an annular flange Within said dished member and carried thereby, a cylindrical member having its end extending into the annular flan e and 10 spaced therefrom, integral outward y extending arms carried by the cylindrical member, said arms being anchored to the annular flange, said cylindrical member being formed from a single piece of material bent to form, the ends of the cylindrical member being overlapped, one of said ends being provided With a downwardly extending Wick edge scraping member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

SAMUEL T. ATKIN. 

